Board Issues Decision in Sun Pacific Cooperative

On July 25, 2008, Employer, Sun Pacific Cooperative, Inc. (Employer) filed a motion to deny access by the United Farm Workers of America (UFW). Employer alleged in its motion that two UFW agents entered Employer’s property during work hours without first filing a Notice of Intent to Take Access (NA) with the appropriate ALRB regional office. The motion alleged that the two individuals disrupted employees’ work when they handed out flyers about an upcoming UFW meeting about the recent heat-related deaths of several farmworkers. The Employer requested that the Board deny access to the UFW and the named representatives for 60 days.

The Board found that declarations submitted by the Employer along with its motion supported allegations that UFW agents came on the property without first filing an NA, which constituted a prima facie case of intentional or reckless disregard for the Board’s access rule. The Board therefore set that allegation for hearing. The Board also set for hearing the allegation that the UFW agents came on the property during work hours in violation of the Board’s access rule.

The Board found that Employer’s declarations did not support a prima facie case that the UFW representatives had harassed employees, significantly disrupted Employer’s agricultural operations or endangered Employer’s property or employees; therefore, the Board did not set these allegations for hearing.

See Sun Pacific Cooperative Incorporated (2008) 34 ALRB No. 4 for further details.

El Centro Office Moves

The El Centro Subregional Office has relocated its office within the Valley Plaza Shopping Center. The new address is 1699 W. Main Street, Suite  L, El Centro, CA 92243-2814. Telephone and fax numbers remain the same.

Updated Subsequent Histories Table

The Subsequent Histories Table has been updated to include Board decisions through Volume 33 (2007). The updated pages include pages 39 and 40.

See Subsequent Histories Table for updated pages.

2007 Case Digest Supplement and Revised 2006 Case Digest Supplement Issue

On January 31, 2008, the ALRB issued its supplement to the ALRB Case Digest for Volume 33 (2007), to be used in conjunction with the digest issued in January of 1994 and the earlier supplements previously issued. In addition, a revised supplement for Volume 32 (2006) issued. Entries for D'Arrigo Bros. Co. of California 32 ALRB No. 1, have been deleted, as that decision was vacated by order of the Board in D'Arrigo Bros. Co. of California, 33 ALRB No. 5. Please replace the original Volume 32 supplement.

See 2007 Case Digest Supplement and Revised 2006 Case Digest Supplement.